What's happening to the galaxies of cluster Abell 2667? On the upper left, a galaxy appears to be breaking up into small pieces, while on the far right, another galaxy appears to be stretched like taffy in this image from the Hubble Telescope

Natalya Koroleva, daughter of the late Sergei Pavlovich Korolev, head Soviet rocket engineer and designer, poses for a photograph at Launch Pad 39A during her tour of the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Wednesday, Feb

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Mission STS-122 Begins

Against the blue of the Atlantic Ocean, space shuttle Atlantis with its crew of seven rises majestically from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center to start the STS-122 mission to the International Space Station

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Chrysalis

As if emerging from a cocoon, space shuttle Atlantis races into the sky on mission STS-122 to the International Space Station

(Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST)

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Atlantis Crew Heads to the Pad

At NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the STS-122 mission crew members stride out of the Operations and Checkout Building, eager to ride to the launch pad and take their seats in space shuttle Atlantis

(Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST)

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The Blackness of Space

Backdropped against the blackness of space, the European Space Agency's Columbus laboratory and associated ESA hardware sit in the aft portion of Space Shuttle Atlantis' cargo bay on the eve of the shuttle's scheduled docking to the International Space Station

(Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST)

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The Air Up There

This colorful view of airglow layers at Earth's horizon was photographed by the space shuttle Atlantis crew on Feb

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Becoming the Future

(Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST)

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Inventing the Future

In the darkness of space, European Space Agency astronaut Hans Schlegel participates in the mission's second spacewalk as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station

A section of the International Space Station is featured in this image photographed by the STS-122 crew aboard space shuttle Atlantis while docked with the station

(Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST)

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Window on the World

STS-122 pilot Alan Poindexter and commander Steve Frick look out of the starboard window (pilot's side) of space shuttle Atlantis while it was docked to the International Space Station. The two watched as fellow crewmates Rex Walheim and Stan Love perform the third and last spacewalk of the mission

(Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST)

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Atlanis, Welcome Home!

Space shuttle Atlantis' drag chute slowed down the craft as it landed on Runway 15 of the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center after a nearly 5.3 million mile round trip to the International Space Station

(Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST)

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Atlantis, Welcome Home!

Space shuttle Atlantis' drag chute slowed down the craft as it landed on Runway 15 of the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center after a nearly 5.3 million mile round trip to the International Space Station

(Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST)

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Light Reflection

Backdropped against the blackness of space, the STS-122 external fuel tank (ET) begins its relative separation from the space shuttle Atlantis

(Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST)

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Voyage of Columbus

On this the final spacewalk for the STS-122 Atlantis crew, astronaut Rex Walheim holds onto a handrail and spreads his arms at the Columbus laboratory, the newest piece of hardware on the International Space Station